The Genesis Series

The Youth Seminar is a youth leadership development program that incorporates components from the Phoenix Series as well as orientations on government, political economics, life skills, career planning, healthy behaviors,  and entrepreneurship. Youth  engage in  lively discussion with their colleagues and adults on public policy and strategies for community change. Tours of campus, cultural, and industrial sites are also included. Seminar graduates are encouraged to become part of a cadre who identify other candidates and  help form youth councils in their own communities and neighborhoods.

The Family Life Leadership Seminar teaches natural leaders within poor communities the information and skills they need to (1) create an effective internal communication system to educate fellow residents about important issues such as health, the family, education, and employability, and (2) create and sustain a network of support for those who want to use their new knowledge to make changes in family life, education, and employment. The program is unique in that it builds strengths within the targeted communities in order to support long-term change.


          Module 1- Understanding The Barriers of Poverty: Overview of Facts and

                          Figures

       Children in Poverty,  Employment  Problems, Social Service System,

       Education, Health Care,  Infant Mortality and Childhood Disabilities,

       Long-term Health Problems, Children and Malnutrition, Mental Health


          Module 2 - The Poverty Environment: Overview of Facts and Figures

          The Inner City Poor,  Housing,  Personal Isolation,  Isolation

          from Mainstream Society, the Rural Poor, Diversity among Rural

          Families (Towns and Small Cities, Migrant Families),   Pockets of Poverty


          Module 3 -  Workshop

          Values Awareness, Communications - Listening, Problem Solving

          

          Module 4 - Workshop

          Understanding the Behavior of Children and Adolescents

       Encouraging Responsible Behavior

          

          Module 5 - Workshop

          Program Planning in the Community


Adapted from Master Teacher In Family Life - Copyright 1990 by Cooperative Extension, University of Massachusetts

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